The 1999 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round was the opening round of the 1999 Superbike World Championship season and the 1999 Supersport World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 March 1999 at the 4.26 km Kyalami Circuit in South Africa. The round was marred by the death of Brett MacLeod after a crash in the Supersport race.
Superbike Entry list
No.RiderTeamMotorcycle 1 Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Ducati 996 4 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-7RR 5 Colin Edwards Castrol Honda Honda RC45 6 Gregorio Lavilla Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-7RR 7 Pierfrancesco Chili Suzuki Alstare F.S. Suzuki GSX-R750 9 Peter Goddard Aprilia Rac.De Cecco Aprilia RSV1000 11 Troy Corser Ducati Performance Ducati 996 15 Igor Jerman Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-7RR 16 Andreas Meklau Remus Racing Austria Ducati 996 18 Carlos Macias Capill France Racing Ducati 916 19 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Ducati 916 20 Doriano Romboni R & D Racing Team Ducati 996 21 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki Alstare F.S. Suzuki GSX-R750 22 Vittoriano Guareschi Yamaha WSBK Team Yamaha R7 23 Jiří Mrkývka JM SBK Team Ducati 916 24 Vladimír Karban Karban Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R750 26 Jean-Pierre Jeandat White Endurance Honda RC45 33 Robert Ulm Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-7RR 38 Lance Isaacs Team Ducati NCR Ducati 996 39 Alessandro Gramigni Team Valli Moto Yamaha R7 40 Giuliano Sartoni Team Ducati NCR Ducati 996 41 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha WSBK Team Yamaha R7 111 Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Honda RC45
Race 1 Summary
Carl Fogarty got the holeshot from pole position and led Corser and Haga into the first corner. Doriano Romboni made a strong start, but dropped back due to the pain of his injured hand. Aprilia's World Superbike debut lasted less than 3 laps, after Peter Goddard dropped it at the chicane. The field became spread out by lap 5, with Fogarty 3 seconds ahead of team-mate Corser, who was battling with Slight for second. Ducati riders Lucio Pedercini and Carlos Macias both crashed out on lap 16. After 25 laps, Carl Fogarty won his 49th World Superbike race, ahead of Corser, Slight, Haga and Edwards. The Kawasakis of Yanagawa and Lavilla suffered tyre, suspension and power difficulties but managed sixth and eighth respectively, with Chili between them in seventh.
Classification Pos. No. Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points11 Carl FogartyDucati 9962543:35.637225211 Troy CorserDucati 99625 +5.2571203111 Aaron SlightHonda RC4525 +9.779316441 Noriyuki HagaYamaha R725 +13.18141355 Colin EdwardsHonda RC4525 +14.53561164 Akira YanagawaKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +16.54751077 Pierfrancesco ChiliSuzuki GSX-R75025 +32.95714986 Gregorio LavillaKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +37.099118920 Doriano RomboniDucati 99625 +45.691771033 Robert UlmKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +54.185861121 Katsuaki FujiwaraSuzuki GSX-R75025 +54.4241051222 Vittoriano GuareschiYamaha R725 +1:09.5881541316 Andreas MeklauDucati 99625 +1:09.9381231438 Lance IsaacsDucati 99625 +1:11.1061921539 Alessandro GramigniYamaha R725 +1:26.8361611615 Igor JermanKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +1:30.328171726 Jean-Pierre JeandatHonda RC4525 +1:44.035181823 Jiří MrkývkaDucati 91624 +1 lap201924 Vladimír KarbanSuzuki GSX-R75024 +1 lap21Ret19 Lucio PederciniDucati 91615Crash13Ret18 Carlos MaciasDucati 916 15 Crash22Ret40 Giuliano SartoniDucati 996 3 Technical23Ret9 Peter GoddardAprilia RSV1000 2 Crash9 Source:
Race 2 Classification Pos. No. Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points11 Carl FogartyDucati 9962543:41.9632252111 Aaron SlightHonda RC4525 +6.073320311 Troy CorserDucati 99625 +7.27911645 Colin EdwardsHonda RC4525 +12.40161354 Akira YanagawaKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +15.63251166 Gregorio LavillaKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +19.634111079 Peter GoddardAprilia RSV100025 +21.5219987 Pierfrancesco ChiliSuzuki GSX-R75025 +25.508148920 Doriano RomboniDucati 99625 +25.660771021 Katsuaki FujiwaraSuzuki GSX-R75025 +31.4151061133 Robert UlmKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +46.765851219 Lucio PederciniDucati 91625 +52.1921341322 Vittoriano GuareschiYamaha R725 +1:03.3111531438 Lance IsaacsDucati 99625 +1:22.7991921515 Igor JermanKawasaki ZX-7RR25 +1:26.7291711626 Jean-Pierre JeandatHonda RC4525 +1:43.480181739 Alessandro GramigniYamaha R724 +1 lap16Ret16 Andreas MeklauDucati 99624Retired12Ret24 Vladimír KarbanSuzuki GSX-R75022Retired21Ret41 Noriyuki HagaYamaha R714Retired4Ret40 Giuliano SartoniDucati 9967Retired23Ret23 Jiří MrkývkaDucati 9166Retired20Ret18 Carlos MaciasDucati 9160Retired22 Source:
Supersport Race Classification Pos. No. Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Iain MacPherson Kawasaki 23 41:52.104 3 25 2 3 Stéphane Chambon Suzuki 23 +12.515 4 20 3 21 Jörg Teuchert Yamaha 23 +21.145 8 16 4 22 Christian Kellner Yamaha 23 +22.500 6 13 5 51 Russell Wood Yamaha 23 +27.675 12 11 6 52 James Toseland Honda 23 +29.166 17 10 7 4 Paolo Casoli Ducati 23 +30.043 11 9 8 8 Wilco Zeelenberg Yamaha 23 +38.618 9 8 9 32 José David de Gea Honda 23 +39.640 19 7 10 25 William Costes Honda 23 +41.919 7 6 11 34 Yves Briguet Suzuki 23 +44.139 22 5 12 54 Graeme van Breda Honda 23 +48.728 18 4 13 26 Roberto Teneggi Ducati 23 +51.091 15 3 14 7 Piergiorgio Bontempi Yamaha 23 +1:04.227 27 2 15 17 Pere Riba Honda 23 +1:06.117 10 1 16 18 Camillo Mariottini Kawasaki 23 +1:07.325 25 17 42 David Checa Ducati 23 +1:08.977 34 18 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo Yamaha 23 +1:10.718 36 19 27 Roberto Panichi Bimota 23 +1:11.384 28 20 46 Mauro Sanchini Ducati 23 +1:14.522 29 21 24 Francesco Monaco Ducati 23 +1:31.097 33 22 35 Christophe Cogan Yamaha 23 +1:33.026 23 23 43 Norino Brignola Bimota 23 +1:51.505 30 DSQ 53 Brad Anassis Kawasaki 23 +43.351 16 Ret 1 Fabrizio Pirovano Suzuki 21 Retired 5 Ret 6 Cristiano Migliorati Suzuki 21 Retired 24 Ret 33 Luca Conforti Kawasaki 13 Retired 26 Ret 50 Greg Dreyer Honda 12 Retired 13 Ret 23 Rubén Xaus Yamaha 9 Retired 1 Ret 20 Werner Daemen Yamaha 8 Retired 32 Ret 15 Marco Risitano Yamaha 7 Retired 35 Ret 69 Serafino Foti Ducati 3 Retired 31 DNS 56 Stewart MacLeod Suzuki Did not start 20 DNS 5 Massimo Meregalli Yamaha Did not start 21 DNS 29 Davide Bulega Ducati Did not start 14 DNS 58 Brett MacLeod Suzuki Did not start 2 DNQ 87 Tripp Nobles Honda Grid capacity limit DNQ 19 Walter Tortoroglio Suzuki Grid capacity limit DNQ 55 Michele Malatesta Ducati Grid capacity limit DNQ 38 Jan Hanson Suzuki Grid capacity limit DNQ 57 Fabio Carpani Ducati Grid capacity limit DNQ 49 Mario Innamorati Suzuki Grid capacity limit DNQ 37 Marco Borciani Honda Grid capacity limit DNQ 28 Guim Roda Yamaha Grid capacity limit DNQ 44 Claude-Alain Jaggi Honda Grid capacity limit Source:
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